There are many important issues on which conservatives and liberals disagree – issues like the best way to approach healthcare and the free market, for instance. However, is the best way to […]
How to Approach Political Discourse: 5 Steps
Femi-Not-Quite: When Modern Feminism Fails to Champion True Equality
One of the most central bipartisan agreements is that words have meanings that are inextricably associated with ideas and movements. It is important to understand this concept because the agreement that words […]
Trudeau’s Canada: A Bleak Economic Horizon
Below the 49th Parallel, the doctrine of “America First” has been made clear. It is a heavy statement. It means more than just prioritizing domestic products; it means a shift in economic […]
Why the Leftward Shift of the Democratic Party is Concerning
January 20, 2017 marked the day Republican President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office. While it’s true that many never fully envisioned this day coming, as could be seen in the […]
The Good – but Mostly Bad – of Trump’s Immigration Order
On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for a period of 90 days. Now, it’s Monday, and the uproar from […]
Branching Out of the Penn Bubble: Understanding Flyover America
After last November’s elections, many on Penn’s campus had a pervasive feeling of shock and disbelief. Students simply couldn’t stomach the fact that Trump would soon be President; professors and administrators, eager […]
How to Tell if That Clump of Cells is Alive
“True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions…Whoever disobeys […]
We’re In This Together
Allow me to preface this by saying that I am in no way trying to start controversy, but merely commenting on what I see as a very upsetting and disheartening situation following […]
Love Trumps Hate?
A few days after engaging with a table staffed by Clinton supporters (of course), College of Arts & Sciences sophomore, Christian Petrillo, had the “brilliant idea” to set up an opposing table […]
To Liberals From a Conservative: Thank You
Eric Hoover wants to start a pro-life group. That’s what started all of this. In the past two weeks, if you haven’t been paying attention, there’s been some back and forth between […]
What’s Wrong With Millennials?
Older generations frequently complain that millennials lack motivation, are lazy, or are generally uninformed and unintelligent about historical and political matters. But are they right? Are millennials really that bad? The answer […]
Clinton or Shame
While the political conversation on Penn’s campus is dominated by left-leaning groups, there have been recent calls throughout Penn, including in the Daily Pennsylvanian, for more diversity of political views. The article […]
